Governing Work in the Digital Age

How we will work tomorrow is not only influenced by technological innovations but also by the way we shape them. The rise of robots, artificial intelligence and platform firms challenges the existing instruments for regulating work and requires new answers.

Governing Work in the Digital Age is a research project based at the Hertie School in Berlin and funded by the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. As part of the project, we will conduct scoping studies to establish research gaps with regard to the key trends of how digitalization impacts the labor market.

News and Activities

Workshop on the challenges of platform firms | 16, 17, 24 March 2021

New Working Paper | Artificial Intelligence at Work: An Overview of the Literature

Paper presentation with Anke Hassel and Felix Sieker | 6 October 2020

Workshop on Automation, Digitization and the Future of Work | 1 and 2 September 2020

New Working Paper | Humans versus Machines: An Overview of Research on the Effects of the Automation of Work. Executive summary (in English and German)

New Working Paper | Laura D’Andrea Tyson. 2020. Automation and the Future of Work in Germany: A Summary of Research and Policy Recommendations. Working Paper August 2020.

New Op-ed | The future of shopping – Corona as a catalyst for the transformation of work

News and Activities

Paper presentation with Anke Hassel and Felix Sieker

On October 6, 2020, Anke Hassel and Felix Sieker presented their paper “When platform firms transform industries: the effect of Amazon on work in logistics in the US and Germany” at the online workshop “Who rules the digital economy” hosted by Christine Trampusch, Cologne University.

Workshop on the challenges of platform firms

The workshop addresses key aspects of the impact of the rising platform economy on work. Presenters and commentators will include Martin Kenney from UC Davis, Koen Frenken from Utrecht University, Anne Visser from UC Davis, and John Zysman from UC Berkeley [See here for workshop program]

New Working Paper

Didem Özkiziltan, Anke Hassel. 2020. Humans versus Machines: An Overview of Research on the Effects of the Automation of Work. [more]

New Working Paper

Laura D’Andrea Tyson. 2020. Automation and the Future of Work in Germany: A Summary of Research and Policy Recommendations. Working Paper August 2020. [more]

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